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that was while robert mueller was building cases against both men. white house lawyers denied making those overtures. manafort has since been indicted for financial crimes and pleaded not guilty. how could a manafort pardon help trump in the mueller probe? >> pardoning manafort would make sure that manafort would not need to cooperate with mueller to stay out of federal prison. >> reporter: flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and cooperated with prosecutors. but experts say as he awaits sentencing, a pardon could still be in play for flynn and could still tlirump in the russia investigation. >> they would still need flynn's cooperation, following up on any documents or any statements he's given to mueller for a trial or for further investigation. >> trump's lawyers consistently deny discussing pardons for anyone involved in the russia investigation. but some legal experts say trump could pardon flynn and manafort if he wanted to stymie the mueller probe. >> the president has the ability to take whatever action he deems fit, pretty much for t
that was while robert mueller was building cases against both men. white house lawyers denied making those overtures. manafort has since been indicted for financial crimes and pleaded not guilty. how could a manafort pardon help trump in the mueller probe? >> pardoning manafort would make sure that manafort would not need to cooperate with mueller to stay out of federal prison. >> reporter: flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and cooperated with prosecutors. but experts say...
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robert mueller has no deadline. today does give us an opportunity to put the past year into context and talk about what is next. within the past 18 hours we have seen enough news to make your head spin. here is the deal. overnight rudy giuliani's dropping a bomb with an acknowledgment that they would not could not indict the president. who said what to who? here is giuliani this morning. >> i asked specifically if they realized or acknowledged that they didn't have the power to indict. he wouldn't answer. one of the assistants said they acknowledged they had to be bound by justice department policies. the next day or the day after they clarified it that they didn't have the power to indict. >> so that's rudy. and another lawyer. he set up the stormy daniels payment, michael cohen. a new report this morning saying some financial records are missing. i want to start with kristin welker at the white house. if the president is celebrating robert mueller's year versity they are doing so sarcastically. >> reporter: using
robert mueller has no deadline. today does give us an opportunity to put the past year into context and talk about what is next. within the past 18 hours we have seen enough news to make your head spin. here is the deal. overnight rudy giuliani's dropping a bomb with an acknowledgment that they would not could not indict the president. who said what to who? here is giuliani this morning. >> i asked specifically if they realized or acknowledged that they didn't have the power to indict. he...
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but his mind has clearly been on robert mueller. the president and this white house have a consistent strategy going after his investigation, sticking with the two-word attack "witch-hunt". they are so sure this message is resonating with his base they are fun raising off of it. the line of a brand-new e-mail is, they think they can intimidate us. then, it says on this anniversary of the greatest witch-hunt in haern history i'm asking you to renew your sustaining mim for the 2018 year to show the witch-hunters that not a single patriot backed down from our fight. >> then he tweeted the only collusion that was done by democrats who were unable to win an election despite spending more money. a few more tweets, one about unsubstantiated reports about obama's fight on the campaign. and sarah huckabee sanders only an hour ago briefing for the first time since monday. >> the president knows that there was no collusion in the campaign. and he has been quite clear about this. it's gone on for over a year. they have found no evidence of coll
but his mind has clearly been on robert mueller. the president and this white house have a consistent strategy going after his investigation, sticking with the two-word attack "witch-hunt". they are so sure this message is resonating with his base they are fun raising off of it. the line of a brand-new e-mail is, they think they can intimidate us. then, it says on this anniversary of the greatest witch-hunt in haern history i'm asking you to renew your sustaining mim for the 2018 year...
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the latest on special counsel robert mueller's probe. the possibility the president may be subpoenaed. >>> thank you for joining us here on "mornings on 2". it is wednesday, may 2. i am pam cook. >> i am dave clark. steve paulson knows about the weather. i guarantee it. >> it is cold. >> and windy. >> it is an onshore wind. it is pretty cold at the coast in the bay. there is a westerly breeze or wind. maria says good morning, stay. thank you. good morning to you. maria likes it warmer. she wants temperatures to be really warm, kind of like her brother, pam. it is only 115. 49 in brentwood, antioch 59. we are in the mid 50s -- we were in the mid 50s yesterday. 48 lafayette and low 50s around el cerrito. the low in southern california is giving them some rain. that is a good low for early may to make it that far south. it will start to kick out into the four corners. we are on the drier side of high clouds, but not low clouds. upper 40s and low 50s. water temperatures are really cold. that onshore wind in place, that fog will kick out even
the latest on special counsel robert mueller's probe. the possibility the president may be subpoenaed. >>> thank you for joining us here on "mornings on 2". it is wednesday, may 2. i am pam cook. >> i am dave clark. steve paulson knows about the weather. i guarantee it. >> it is cold. >> and windy. >> it is an onshore wind. it is pretty cold at the coast in the bay. there is a westerly breeze or wind. maria says good morning, stay. thank you. good...
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this is a huge project that robert mueller runs. his boss would be someone that no one has ever heard of. not someone really accountable to the public. >> harris: you mean if both of the men were removed or recused. >> harris: the next person in line confirmed by the senate. >> it has to be a member of the hierarchy. a guy named noel francisco. not a household name. he is the solicitor general of the united states. he is an academic who argues before the supreme court. suddenly he will be in charge of the biggest criminal investigation in the modern era where the target or subject is the president. >> harris: and just because we don't know him, right, doesn't mean he can't do it? we don't know if rod rosenstein is going to recuse himself. but if what you are saying today is true and plays out, he is really in a complicated position. >> yes. all of this comes down to the following. the president of the united states under the constitution is the chief law enforcement officer in the land. he is entitled to an attorney general who has
this is a huge project that robert mueller runs. his boss would be someone that no one has ever heard of. not someone really accountable to the public. >> harris: you mean if both of the men were removed or recused. >> harris: the next person in line confirmed by the senate. >> it has to be a member of the hierarchy. a guy named noel francisco. not a household name. he is the solicitor general of the united states. he is an academic who argues before the supreme court....
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it's up to robert mueller. the president's legal team has been negotiating with the special counsel and his team for months about whether the president will or will not testify. we reported last week that actually there was a date set at one point. january 27th potentially for president trump to testify. that's not occurred. this has been going back and forth. if this is getti inting dangero close to the election, maybe the president ought to look at his own negotiations and say, what's been going on with this. we could get this over with a lot faster if we figured out what we were going to do with my testimony. >> these tweets that the president has been launching going after robert mueller, so called criminal deep state that's out there to get him. it's presumely intende to motivate that republican base and gethem out to the polls. >> we're book to 2016 where the polls and many people thought secretary clinton would win the 2016 election and then president trump was already priming everyone for the idea that
it's up to robert mueller. the president's legal team has been negotiating with the special counsel and his team for months about whether the president will or will not testify. we reported last week that actually there was a date set at one point. january 27th potentially for president trump to testify. that's not occurred. this has been going back and forth. if this is getti inting dangero close to the election, maybe the president ought to look at his own negotiations and say, what's been...
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unclear if he said that to robert mueller's team today. but he describe that as fair, but also said it was difficult, too, wolf. >> manu, thanks for that update. >>> just ahead, he helped president clinton survive the impeachment process. how will president trump's newest lawyer impact the next phase of the russia investigation? >>> and will the president's past as a reality tv star be used against him? our legal analysts are standing by to weigh in on the move, the newest move by a trump accuser. i just got a pretty sweet deal on this card for mother's day. nice. i got a sweet deal on this iphone at verizon for my mom. i'm not done shopping. i just start with a card and then work up to... (vo) this mother's day, get up to 50% off the latest iphone on us. unlimited is only as good as the network it's on. so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. if you'd have told m
unclear if he said that to robert mueller's team today. but he describe that as fair, but also said it was difficult, too, wolf. >> manu, thanks for that update. >>> just ahead, he helped president clinton survive the impeachment process. how will president trump's newest lawyer impact the next phase of the russia investigation? >>> and will the president's past as a reality tv star be used against him? our legal analysts are standing by to weigh in on the move, the...
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mueller but even if it is robert mueller asking what the president knew, what he was thinking, is fair game and questions that need to be asked right now because the essential element of obstruction of justice is corrupt purpose, intent, and the only way to ascertain that is to find out from president trump himself. this is president trump's opportunity to tell his side of the story. if he doesn't want to avail himself of that, the time may come when robert mueller moves on without listening to him. but it's important that president trump explain his motivations behind these decisions because that's the essence of obstruction of justice. >> giuliani is proving to be the most undisciplined public thinker and speaker in the trump legal team, especially when he said something about the timing of the stormy daniels payment this morning when he was trying to make the case that this payment had absolutely nothing to do with the presidential campaign, and then giuliani brought up the timing of it. let's listen to this. >> imagine if that came out on october 15, 2016, in the middle of the last
mueller but even if it is robert mueller asking what the president knew, what he was thinking, is fair game and questions that need to be asked right now because the essential element of obstruction of justice is corrupt purpose, intent, and the only way to ascertain that is to find out from president trump himself. this is president trump's opportunity to tell his side of the story. if he doesn't want to avail himself of that, the time may come when robert mueller moves on without listening to...
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as robert mueller now the thought police? is it now illegal in thehe united states of america for a sitting president of united states to have private thoughts? according to "the washington post," robert mueller has not even threaten a president with a subpoena if he refuses to sit down for an interview. forget that robert mueller was tasked with investigating russian collusion. forget after 50 weeks, they have found zero evidence of any wrongdoing by the president. this is now a political takedown of the person that you chose to lead this country. should we be surprised? well, this investigation is being conducted by some of the same people who were totally complicit in using hillary clinton's bought and paid for russian lies, you know, the unverified steele dossier, as actual evidence to obtain a fisa warrant to spy on an american, a trump campaign associate, and the lead up to an election. in other words, the fbi used democratic campaign material during an election, lied, and passed it off as legitimate evidence in order t
as robert mueller now the thought police? is it now illegal in thehe united states of america for a sitting president of united states to have private thoughts? according to "the washington post," robert mueller has not even threaten a president with a subpoena if he refuses to sit down for an interview. forget that robert mueller was tasked with investigating russian collusion. forget after 50 weeks, they have found zero evidence of any wrongdoing by the president. this is now a...
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with robert mueller. he could issue a subpoena forcing the president to appear before a grand jury. >> the justice department cannot charge a sitting president, he want to be a sitting president all his life. one day -- one glorious day -- he will walk out of those 16 acres and he will be quickly charged with a crime. >> there is so much evidence in the public domain of collusion, we don't know if any of it rises to a criminal level but there is simply no question that the trump administration welcomed russia's help in sabotaging hillary clinton's campaign. >> it's why you need a deep state, it's why you need people whose commitment is not to the person but to the process and the law. >> sean: will forget about all the president trump's historic accomplishments, on the korean peninsula, were talking about denuclearization. forget about all of these developments, look at what the prime minister of israel did yesterday. there is a nuclear program in iran, record low unemployment in 14 states of the united s
with robert mueller. he could issue a subpoena forcing the president to appear before a grand jury. >> the justice department cannot charge a sitting president, he want to be a sitting president all his life. one day -- one glorious day -- he will walk out of those 16 acres and he will be quickly charged with a crime. >> there is so much evidence in the public domain of collusion, we don't know if any of it rises to a criminal level but there is simply no question that the trump...
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has now become, robert mueller knows what robert mueller knows, which is more than we know about this whole thing. and all this now looks like -- not the use donald trump's words but the fact is if donald trump sits down and says something contrary to what robert mueller knows to be the truth, he then might be -- might perjure himself and this is not a good plan for the white house. michael? >> that seems more or less the universal view of lawyers surrounding the president outside the white house. people who like trump, people who hate trump, if they are a lawyer they think it's absolutely crazy for anyone could be counselling president trump that he ought to go voluntarily sit down and subject him to an interview with the special counsel about all of these issues both involving russian links and possible obstruction of justice. the problem all along has been that number one when you are the president you are a little different. you have got to project the image that you have nothing to hide that you have done nothing wrong. and trump himself we have been told repeatedly said he once,
has now become, robert mueller knows what robert mueller knows, which is more than we know about this whole thing. and all this now looks like -- not the use donald trump's words but the fact is if donald trump sits down and says something contrary to what robert mueller knows to be the truth, he then might be -- might perjure himself and this is not a good plan for the white house. michael? >> that seems more or less the universal view of lawyers surrounding the president outside the...
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and robert mueller suffered a major beat down in federal court. the court escorerating the mueller legal team and accusing it to go beyond the man date and using authority it doesn't have to politically persecute president trump. the judge said all of that. we'll explain and this is major new and a huge set back for robert mueller and shows we were right. and you will probably not see the story in the media. they are rooting for the president to fail at all costs. we'll explain this at a very important news opening monologue. it is now day 352 of robert mueller's witch hunt and 0 evidence of collusion. and yet the investigation goes on and on and on and got bad today. a federal judge courageously standing up to the out of control witch hunt in what is the single biggest beat down i have seen in my life by a judge. during a federal court hearing, former co-chair for compain paul manafort. the u.s. district judge ellis rebukes the entire special counsel investigation and telling a member of mueller's team. you don't care about mr. manafort. you care
and robert mueller suffered a major beat down in federal court. the court escorerating the mueller legal team and accusing it to go beyond the man date and using authority it doesn't have to politically persecute president trump. the judge said all of that. we'll explain and this is major new and a huge set back for robert mueller and shows we were right. and you will probably not see the story in the media. they are rooting for the president to fail at all costs. we'll explain this at a very...
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and i'm confident the mueller team has all the records. >> robert, here's mr. cohen sitting here in new york uncharged. the meter is running and you know something about the hourly rate on a new york law firm. he has a wife and two daughters. he knows he is in legal jeopardy. what do you think his life is like and what do you think the feds are waiting for before charging him, which i guess will tell us if he's going to cooperate. >> well, two things. i'm sure he's under an immense amount of stress. he knows what he had in his offices and everywhere else that the fbi and new york united states attorney's office searched. i think there's going to be a lot of documents and a lot of things coming out of that. perhaps mr. cohen would not want anyone to see the light of day. the second part of that, as chuck said earlier, i toeltly agree with him, bob mueller and his team as dprank said i'm sure are sharing information that is needed in the investigation that is a wider scope. so as far as him being charged, i think it could be at anytime, or it might be never. it d
and i'm confident the mueller team has all the records. >> robert, here's mr. cohen sitting here in new york uncharged. the meter is running and you know something about the hourly rate on a new york law firm. he has a wife and two daughters. he knows he is in legal jeopardy. what do you think his life is like and what do you think the feds are waiting for before charging him, which i guess will tell us if he's going to cooperate. >> well, two things. i'm sure he's under an immense...
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the special counsel robert mueller has nearly 50 questions he wants to ask president trump. that's according to the new york times which has obtained a list of the questions. and they cover a very wide range of topics from trump's ties to russia, to whether he obstructed justice. but there is more. they also touch on the president's businesses. and his relationships with michael flynn, james comey and jeff sessions. a lot to get to in the next hour or so. i want to bring in evan perez. also jack nguyen, former u.s. attorney mike moore and ash asha ringafa. good evening to all of you. evan, you first. what do we know? >> well, don, we know that these questions were put together, were brin by the president's legal team. they had a meeting last month. and during that meeting, they heard from the special counsel robert mueller's team, the four categories of what they had for the president. they put together the 50 or so. the fbi director as well as the national security adviser as well as the president's relationship, his treatment, his mistreatment who believes he did the wrong
the special counsel robert mueller has nearly 50 questions he wants to ask president trump. that's according to the new york times which has obtained a list of the questions. and they cover a very wide range of topics from trump's ties to russia, to whether he obstructed justice. but there is more. they also touch on the president's businesses. and his relationships with michael flynn, james comey and jeff sessions. a lot to get to in the next hour or so. i want to bring in evan perez. also...
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robert: does mueller issue a subpoena if giuliani and the president decli an interview? mark: he could issue ait subpoe. not clear he will. mueller hasn't shown his hand in terms of how aggressive he's willing to be. hence, that gutionio -- discu about whether he would indict president trump. he tends to play things by the book. it's n h cle the president would respond. it would quickly escalatef he rejected it. the reason thaud giuliani has to be so careful on this question is that i think a lot of his lawyers or several lawyers would argue therere many risks for him speaking to the special counsel because many of the things the president has said to date have been proven wrong or contradictory so thinkhere's a worry on the part of his legal team to put him in fro of mueller. robert: when you talk to people at the d.o.j., devlin, giuliani asserted that the d.o.j. and muheler can't charge president, that it would end up in the hands of congress. ishat the justice department's standpoint? devlin: i think that's the most legally solid thing giuliani has said in a l you tal
robert: does mueller issue a subpoena if giuliani and the president decli an interview? mark: he could issue ait subpoe. not clear he will. mueller hasn't shown his hand in terms of how aggressive he's willing to be. hence, that gutionio -- discu about whether he would indict president trump. he tends to play things by the book. it's n h cle the president would respond. it would quickly escalatef he rejected it. the reason thaud giuliani has to be so careful on this question is that i think a...
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and i'm confident the mueller team has all the records. >> robert, here's mr. cohen sitting here in new york uncharged. the meter is running and you know something about the hourly rate on a new york law firm. he has a wife and two daughters. he knows he is in legal jeopardy. what do you think his life is like and what do you think the feds are waiting for before charging him, which i guess will tell us if he's going to cooperate. >> well, two things. i'm sure he's under an immense amount of stress. he knows what he had in his offices and everywhere else that the fbi and new york united states attorney's office searched. i think there's going to be a lot of documents and a lot of things coming out of that. perhaps mr. cohen would not want anyone to see the light of day. the second part of that, as chuck said earlier, i totally agree with him, bob mueller and his team as frank said i'm sure are sharing information that is needed in the investigation that is a wider scope. so as far as him being charged, i think it could be at any time, or it might be never. it d
and i'm confident the mueller team has all the records. >> robert, here's mr. cohen sitting here in new york uncharged. the meter is running and you know something about the hourly rate on a new york law firm. he has a wife and two daughters. he knows he is in legal jeopardy. what do you think his life is like and what do you think the feds are waiting for before charging him, which i guess will tell us if he's going to cooperate. >> well, two things. i'm sure he's under an immense...
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but robert s. mueller iii had another option if trump declined. he could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury. according to four people from familiar with the encounter. mueller's warning, the first time he is known to have mentioned a possible subpoena to trump's legal team spurred a sharp retort from john dowd, then the president's lead lawyer. this isn't some game, dowd said, according to two people with knowledge of his comments. you are screwing with the work of the president of the united states. john dowd's line is something you could come up with only if you know absolutely nothing about the law. and john dowd's work for the president has been as unimpressive as any lawyer's work for any president has ever been. he was actually overheard violating attorney-client privilege at a washington restaurant by reporter ken vogel who took notes and reported on the conversation. that's never happened before. that's john dowd's unique contribution to defending a president. john dowd's public unprofessionalism as a lawyer m
but robert s. mueller iii had another option if trump declined. he could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury. according to four people from familiar with the encounter. mueller's warning, the first time he is known to have mentioned a possible subpoena to trump's legal team spurred a sharp retort from john dowd, then the president's lead lawyer. this isn't some game, dowd said, according to two people with knowledge of his comments. you are screwing with the work of...
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talk to robert mueller. nip -- >> we know better than that. >> come on. >> an end of the investigation. if he has nothing to hide, he should go in, answer the questions. >> if i had nothing to hide, i wouldn't go in and fall into a trap. if i knew -- >> i don't think it's falling into a trap. robert mueller was confirmed twice by the united states senate and the democrats and republicans -- >> even if -- >> the questioning that was written by jay sekulow, not but the special counsel, but obviously the special counsel said they were going to ask the president questions about paul manafo manafort, michael flynn and george papadopoulos. paul manafort is in deep trouble. flynn and papadopoulos have completed guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house has been worried about them flipping and giving the special counsel information. what that means is, when the questions are asked to the president about what he said, the communications with paul manafort, flynn, papadopoulos, they have one story that they told the
talk to robert mueller. nip -- >> we know better than that. >> come on. >> an end of the investigation. if he has nothing to hide, he should go in, answer the questions. >> if i had nothing to hide, i wouldn't go in and fall into a trap. if i knew -- >> i don't think it's falling into a trap. robert mueller was confirmed twice by the united states senate and the democrats and republicans -- >> even if -- >> the questioning that was written by jay...
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>> might get instances that robert mueller will not give him immunity. i really do think that trump has a bargaining chip. when giuliani is talking about the potential of having a voluntary interview, i think it is a bargaining tool. the prospect or the threat of taking the fifth because i do not see robert mueller wanting to grant immunity. he thinks there are criminal charges likely wants to charge. >> eric: i mean you do not prosecute if you don't have a case. he discussed if the president is or is not a target. as i understand he is a target. >> that is right. and i've said this before. in this type of investigations, subject target distinction is often times a distinction without a difference. it is on the ground assessment at the time. and again, going back to the office of legal counsel memo. it may not be the case that he simply is not a target because there is enough evidence to pursue a case. it may simply give a case that he is not a target because robert mueller does not believe a sitting president can't be indicted. your target essentially,
>> might get instances that robert mueller will not give him immunity. i really do think that trump has a bargaining chip. when giuliani is talking about the potential of having a voluntary interview, i think it is a bargaining tool. the prospect or the threat of taking the fifth because i do not see robert mueller wanting to grant immunity. he thinks there are criminal charges likely wants to charge. >> eric: i mean you do not prosecute if you don't have a case. he discussed if the...
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"they" being the robert mueller special counsel investigation. guiliani doubled down on the strategy, may 2, on sean hannity's show to come out with a revelation, bombshell really, that the president repaid michael cohen for the payments made to stormy daniels. what happened is they wanted to get ahead of it, they knew that was going to be included in the president's financial disclosure, that was released yesterday by the office of government ethics. by getting out ahead of it, it was guiliani who took the hit as opposed to the president taking the hit. here's what guiliani said about it, listen. >> the president was fully aware of it, and president endorsed a strategy, we wouldn't do it without him. office of government ethics agreed with us, that it has been fully disclosed. i have a little disagreement with them, a pepty one, i don't think it had to be disclosed at all, i think it was an expenditure that he reimbursed. >> guiliani saying it was included on page 45 of the president's financial disclosure that, the president and whoever prepare
"they" being the robert mueller special counsel investigation. guiliani doubled down on the strategy, may 2, on sean hannity's show to come out with a revelation, bombshell really, that the president repaid michael cohen for the payments made to stormy daniels. what happened is they wanted to get ahead of it, they knew that was going to be included in the president's financial disclosure, that was released yesterday by the office of government ethics. by getting out ahead of it, it...
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it would be dangerous for thoim talk to robert mueller. i would think his lawyers would argue against him talking to special counsel robert mueller. i think he feels emboldened, also by the comments that judge ellis made that yesterday, about the manafort case. but i would caution again that even with those comments, remember judge ellis is not dismissing the case. he's not likely to dismiss the case, he's just holding the prosecutor's feet to the fire. so i think that trump is, is very wise to be very cautious going forward. and to not make any, he's likely to make more outlandish statements, but not make any more outlandish statements as it relates to that. >> judge ellis is looking for manafort, the deep dive in his financial background well before the campaign. that's what he's looking for. rick, i want to talk about the leaked copy of the 49 questions mueller wants to ask the president, published in "the new york times" this week. does that do anything to bolster the witch hunt narrative of the white house? >> i don't think so. i thin
it would be dangerous for thoim talk to robert mueller. i would think his lawyers would argue against him talking to special counsel robert mueller. i think he feels emboldened, also by the comments that judge ellis made that yesterday, about the manafort case. but i would caution again that even with those comments, remember judge ellis is not dismissing the case. he's not likely to dismiss the case, he's just holding the prosecutor's feet to the fire. so i think that trump is, is very wise to...
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what does the request reveal about robert mueller's investigation? >>> questions, no answers, as we're learning more about what mueller wants to ask the president, the white house is refusing to comment tonight. what did mr. trump know about the questions before they were published in print and online? >>> won't be exextorted. what's that the man who oversees the mueller investigation is saying tonight. rod rosenstein is firing back at trump allies who want to oust him from the justice department. >>> and doctor's orders. the president's physician for decades says mr. trump's medical records were stolen from his office by key white house and trump organization officials. his claims are raising new concerns tonight. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we're following breaking news in the russia investigation. the special counsel's office asking the court tonight to wait two more months before going forward with sentencing for the president's fired national se
what does the request reveal about robert mueller's investigation? >>> questions, no answers, as we're learning more about what mueller wants to ask the president, the white house is refusing to comment tonight. what did mr. trump know about the questions before they were published in print and online? >>> won't be exextorted. what's that the man who oversees the mueller investigation is saying tonight. rod rosenstein is firing back at trump allies who want to oust him from...
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the questions give us insight into what robert mueller wants to know. he wants to know the president's thinking on several issues, including the firie ining of mi flynn, james comey, his relationship with the attorney general jeff sessions. the president falsely said there were no questions about collusion, but spoiler alert, there were, actually several questions about that today in these questions released including when did the president become aware that trump tower meeting that involved the russian lawyer, donald trump jr., paul manafort and jared kushner. robert mueller wants to know what involvement did you have in the communication strategy, including the release of donald trump jr.'s e-mails. of course that was in regarding to that statement that falsely said the meeting was about russian adoptions and then they later admitted it was not. it was because donald trump jr. believed they had dirt on hillary clinton. robert mueller wants to know about that trip that the president made to russia, and what communication he had with the agalovs and the
the questions give us insight into what robert mueller wants to know. he wants to know the president's thinking on several issues, including the firie ining of mi flynn, james comey, his relationship with the attorney general jeff sessions. the president falsely said there were no questions about collusion, but spoiler alert, there were, actually several questions about that today in these questions released including when did the president become aware that trump tower meeting that involved...
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these are the questions that robert mueller apparently wants to ask trump about obstruction and what it means, some of the questions are things like what was your reaction to news reports of january 12, what did you know about sally yates meetings and then there's one question about an interview that i did with the president and the question was what was the purpose of your april 11, 2017 statement to maria bartiromo and that statement is on the screen, basically, it's me talking with the president about james comey after he was fired for breaking the justice department policy. here is a clip from my interview with the president. >> well, because i want to give everybody a good fair chance. director comey was very very good to hillary clinton. that i can tell you. if he weren't, she would be right now going to trial. maria: it's an odd clip that robert mueller is zeroing in on to ask the president about what do you think about these questions and about that? >> well, if the question is intended to ask whether the president wants to suggest to the justice department that it started an
these are the questions that robert mueller apparently wants to ask trump about obstruction and what it means, some of the questions are things like what was your reaction to news reports of january 12, what did you know about sally yates meetings and then there's one question about an interview that i did with the president and the question was what was the purpose of your april 11, 2017 statement to maria bartiromo and that statement is on the screen, basically, it's me talking with the...
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michael avenatti or robert mueller? which may prove a bigger problem for trump? the healing process begins with a game in texas after the mass school shooting and for the first time, we're hearing from the shooter's family. >>> a live picture of the white house where the president is ramping up attacks against the justice deputy amid reports that the fbi used an informant in the early stages of the investigation. if the fbi or doj was filtrating a campaign, that is a big deal only the release or review of documents that the house intelligence committee, also senate judiciary is asking for can give the conclusive answers, drain the swamp. this comment comes amid another trump tower meeting during the campaign involving foreign countries seeking to help the trump team. donald trump junior and other campaign aids reportedly made with an israeli specialist in social media manipulation as well as an adversary that represented saudi arabia and united nator has been cooperating. let's bring in staff writer at the "new york times" magazine. he broke news of this meeting
michael avenatti or robert mueller? which may prove a bigger problem for trump? the healing process begins with a game in texas after the mass school shooting and for the first time, we're hearing from the shooter's family. >>> a live picture of the white house where the president is ramping up attacks against the justice deputy amid reports that the fbi used an informant in the early stages of the investigation. if the fbi or doj was filtrating a campaign, that is a big deal only the...
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the trouble is, robert mueller never said that to rudy giuliani. and we know that because rudy giuliani changed his crazy story a few hours later, telling "the washington post," mueller didn't say that. one of his, i have to check with jay. he's in israel right now. one of mueller's top people told him that. when rudy giuliani was making up that story about robert mueller, it seemed he was hoping to draw attention away from the release of the senate judiciary commit stee transcript from its investigative interviews. it didn't work. we will have more from those tran scripts after a break. you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. downy and it's done. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ transitions™ paywell, esurance makes itnce you dsimp
the trouble is, robert mueller never said that to rudy giuliani. and we know that because rudy giuliani changed his crazy story a few hours later, telling "the washington post," mueller didn't say that. one of his, i have to check with jay. he's in israel right now. one of mueller's top people told him that. when rudy giuliani was making up that story about robert mueller, it seemed he was hoping to draw attention away from the release of the senate judiciary commit stee transcript...
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we don't actually know very much about how robert mueller is handling this probe. he does not go on the air. he is not tweeting. he is keeping very quiet. there have been some leaks but it seems to me that the leaks came from people who have been interviewed by robert mueller or people connected to them. not people on the team itself. and so, i think this pr tactic is working because robert muler is keeping very -- we don't know what information he has. and that's why we can't make a prior judgment about whether his investigation is, you know, fair or not until we see what his evidence and when he presents it but i think, yes, the pr strategy -- that to me says it is working and i have to say this whole new stuff of spygate, that has nothing to do with robert mueller's probe. that was the fbi listening before robert mueller came on before donald trump was elected. but they're successfully connecting those things in the public's mind and i think you're right, ryan. poll numbers show it having affect. >> the average american is not watching every machinations of this
we don't actually know very much about how robert mueller is handling this probe. he does not go on the air. he is not tweeting. he is keeping very quiet. there have been some leaks but it seems to me that the leaks came from people who have been interviewed by robert mueller or people connected to them. not people on the team itself. and so, i think this pr tactic is working because robert muler is keeping very -- we don't know what information he has. and that's why we can't make a prior...
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i'm sure robert mueller would do that .. >> this goes to obstruction. obstruction, it's whether the president was dangling the option of a pardon to induce someone to perhaps change their testimony, not cooperate, or in some other way impede the investigation. >> this is an interesting question. obviously the question has broad power to pardon people. but it's not to extend it as a carrot for someone to behave in a particular way in an investigation. it's noteworthy. he's looking into that avenue. >> does that question highlight how important the interview is that he did with lester holt. >> things he's publicly said in speeches and campaign style rally sz. about his state of mind. what did he know, what did you do. and what did you think. they have some indication, either through the cooperating witnesses or discovered through the course of the investigation of his intent. everybody said the same thing. if he goes in there, he's basically set up because i promise you, that his questioner will know the answers. >> you seem to be unanimous on that. >> th
i'm sure robert mueller would do that .. >> this goes to obstruction. obstruction, it's whether the president was dangling the option of a pardon to induce someone to perhaps change their testimony, not cooperate, or in some other way impede the investigation. >> this is an interesting question. obviously the question has broad power to pardon people. but it's not to extend it as a carrot for someone to behave in a particular way in an investigation. it's noteworthy. he's looking...
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they focus on whether the president obstructed justice. >> reporter: robert mueller reportedly has 44 questions he would like to ask president trump about his russia investigation and possible obstruction of justice. many of the questions, revealed by the new york times, center on james comey. they include what did you think about mr. comey's intelligence briefing on january 6, 2017, about russian election interference? and regarding the decision to fire him, when was it made? why? and who played a role? he would also like to know about michael flynn, who is now cooperating with the special counsel's investigation. >> i asked for his resignation, he respectfully gave it. >> reporter: he was fired 24 days into the trump administration for lying about his contacts with the russian ambassador. robert mueller wants to know what the president knew about those phone calls and why he decided to fire flynn. he wasted no time firing back on twitter. the president said it was disgraceful that the questions were leaked to the media. in another tweet he said it would seem very hard to obstruct ju
they focus on whether the president obstructed justice. >> reporter: robert mueller reportedly has 44 questions he would like to ask president trump about his russia investigation and possible obstruction of justice. many of the questions, revealed by the new york times, center on james comey. they include what did you think about mr. comey's intelligence briefing on january 6, 2017, about russian election interference? and regarding the decision to fire him, when was it made? why? and...
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robert mueller has 50 questions he wants to ask the president. that i list of questions leaked tonight. prepare for your demise, mr. billingsley! do your worst, doctor. i will. but first, a little presentation. hijacking earth's geothermal energy supply. phase 1. choosing the right drill bit. as long as evil villains reveal their plans, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. i'm all-business when i, travel... even when...
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he had them moving away from ty cobb who preached cooperation with robert mueller. now jay sekulow and rudy giuliani on the outside, emmy flood coming in to the white house known as a combative lawyer, someone who's worked on impeachment and with the justice department before. it is a real difference between ty cobb and john dowd, now with rudy giuliani and emmitt flood. >> do we have a sense of where the president's thinking has been? there has been speculation about this spending shakeup. i think the name flood's been out there before. the president was on twitter a while ago denying he had any dissatisfaction with the legal team, saying the story wasn't anything to be believed. now it is happening. in terms of trump's own thinking do we have a sense about when and how that has shifted here? >> sure. so the president's thinking on the one hand about doing an interview, he has long wanted to do that against the counsel and advice of a number of his lawyers, although not ty cobb and outside advisors. but i will sass he has also wanted to become more aggressive. i wo
he had them moving away from ty cobb who preached cooperation with robert mueller. now jay sekulow and rudy giuliani on the outside, emmy flood coming in to the white house known as a combative lawyer, someone who's worked on impeachment and with the justice department before. it is a real difference between ty cobb and john dowd, now with rudy giuliani and emmitt flood. >> do we have a sense of where the president's thinking has been? there has been speculation about this spending...
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mueller's team to the president, we learned late tuesday, cnn reported that robert mueller has threatened the possibility of a subpoena if the president would not testify. the president's lawyers pushed back saying, look, they're willing to fight this in court. the reality is, there are two tracks. the legal track and the political track. the president has always wanted to end this quickly. he says he has nothing to hide. but legally speaking, all these questions now in the wake of "the new york times" report this week, some 49 questions, can he answer them without, you know, subjecting himself to any legal peril here? so the white house on tuesday did not answer any questions saying if the president would or would not sit down with robert mueller. that, of course, hanging over the white house here amid so many other things going on, of course. north korea, other matters. will the president sit down? we still don't know the answer to that question. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thanks. >>> the threat of impeachment by housing conservatives not phasing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein.
mueller's team to the president, we learned late tuesday, cnn reported that robert mueller has threatened the possibility of a subpoena if the president would not testify. the president's lawyers pushed back saying, look, they're willing to fight this in court. the reality is, there are two tracks. the legal track and the political track. the president has always wanted to end this quickly. he says he has nothing to hide. but legally speaking, all these questions now in the wake of "the...
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-- after robert mueller took over this investigation we're still waiting for some answers as to what happened here, whether or not there was any collusion, this is obviously something that is still squarely at the middle of this investigation. >> evan, stay with us. let's bring into this conversation as we wait for the headlines from those documents, our panel. laura coates, so many questions and i wonder what is top of mind for you as you think about all of these transcripts of these hours long interview. what will you be looking for most? >> one, i expect to see a great deal of redactions to not give us the full picture but what is remaining included in there, i'm looking to see whether or not anybody was truly come prehence siffly responsive. it's about the lack of enforcement and the lack of trying to get people to try to answer all of the questions thoroughly and not hide behind some exertion of privilege or hide behind some other reason not to answer the question. i'll be curious to see where the gaps is. if there are gaps in the answers that could lead you to conclude a number
-- after robert mueller took over this investigation we're still waiting for some answers as to what happened here, whether or not there was any collusion, this is obviously something that is still squarely at the middle of this investigation. >> evan, stay with us. let's bring into this conversation as we wait for the headlines from those documents, our panel. laura coates, so many questions and i wonder what is top of mind for you as you think about all of these transcripts of these...
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but we don't know where robert mueller is. we don't know -- there is a lot we don't know about what he's found, how much longer he has to go. it does indicate to us, wolf, that at least some part of the investigation, at least trying to tie up some of the ends, but until mueller decides or announces what he has found, we really can't make any conclusions. there is a lot of investigation here that is done and a lot of questions that we have and the public has that have yet to be answered as a result of this investigation. it is now going for a year, this month. >> i want you to stand by. we're also standing by to hear from abby lowell. jared kushner's attorney. he's going to be joining us exclusively in a little while. but josh campbell, let me bring you in. used to be a supervisor special and now cnn law enforcement analyst. what do you make of, a., the decision to restore jared kushner top secret security clearance coming after the seven hours of questioning with robert mueller's team. >> he had some challenges with that secu
but we don't know where robert mueller is. we don't know -- there is a lot we don't know about what he's found, how much longer he has to go. it does indicate to us, wolf, that at least some part of the investigation, at least trying to tie up some of the ends, but until mueller decides or announces what he has found, we really can't make any conclusions. there is a lot of investigation here that is done and a lot of questions that we have and the public has that have yet to be answered as a...
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this is the scope set for robert mueller's investigation. any links and/or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump, right. president donald trump. any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. >> this is this. there is also a third component which talks about jurisdictional issues as well. anything else you may come across where you need additional guidance from rod rosenstein to say this is within my jurisdiction, or it covers. that's why you have things like the ukraine and other countries coming into play. remember, you hit a great word, dana, and that's executive. if he were to try to confine this whole conversation to before he was the president of the united states, well, there goes your claim of executive privilege about why you want to try to tailor what you can actually expose. every president would want to have very close to the vest the opportunity to talk to their advisers, kitchen cabinet members and say we want to have these free-f
this is the scope set for robert mueller's investigation. any links and/or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump, right. president donald trump. any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. >> this is this. there is also a third component which talks about jurisdictional issues as well. anything else you may come across where you need additional guidance from rod rosenstein to say this is...
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register at kcm.org/sacramento. ♪ >> tucker: robert mueller's >>en tucker: robert mueller's investigation apparently has dozens ofono questions that wans to ask of president trump and nowat at least some of those questions have been leaked -- we're not sure by whom -- to "the new york times." what do they tell us about the investigation's current approach to the story? for that we turn to fox news and with brit hume. this is a procedural question but do we know where these questions came from? >> i don't think we do. our senior white house correspondent john roberts has confirmed their authenticity so we can trust these questions reflect what robert mueller lines of questioning to mr. trump would be. i think there are two ways of looking at it. one is can you believe these are the questions and do they trespass on his obvious rights and duties as president? the other question i would have agreeing with byron york is -- is that all there i is? we've been told by so many for so long that we don't know what we don't know which is obvious if you think about it -- mueller may have things we ha
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this is what the scope set for robert mueller's investigation. any links, and/or coordination between the -- of president donald trump, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the ingestion. >> this is it. >> that's it. >> a third component which talk about jurisdiction list as well. anything elsewhere you my come across where you need additional guidance from rosenstein to say this is in my jurisdiction to cover, which is why you have places like you crane and other places coming into play. if he were to try to confine this conversation to before he was the president of the united states there goes your claim of executive privilege why you you want to fairailor what you can . every president wants to have the tub to talk to their advisers, and say we want to have this discussions. as he says i want to limit before a time i was in the executive branch of the government. you can apply the executive privilege to that period of time, very counter productive. if he'd like to have mueller narrow down to one topic, fine, how about this, what
this is what the scope set for robert mueller's investigation. any links, and/or coordination between the -- of president donald trump, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the ingestion. >> this is it. >> that's it. >> a third component which talk about jurisdiction list as well. anything elsewhere you my come across where you need additional guidance from rosenstein to say this is in my jurisdiction to cover, which is why you have places like you crane and other...
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the trouble is, robert mueller never said that to rudy giuliani. and we know that because rudy giuliani changed his crazy story a few hours later, telling "the washington post," mueller didn't say that. one of his, i have to check with jay. he's in israel right now. one of mueller's top people told him that. when rudy giuliani was making up that story about robert mueller, it seemed he was hoping to draw attention away from the release of the senate judiciary commit stee transcript from its investigative interviews. it didn't work. we will have more from those tran scripts after a break. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to... ...wear for up to 12 weeks. unstopables by downy. [ horn honking ] [ engine revving ] what's that, girl? [ engine revving ] flo needs help?! [ engine revving ] take me to her! ♪ coming, flo! why aren't we taking roads?! flo. [ horn honking ] -oh. you made it. do you have change for a
the trouble is, robert mueller never said that to rudy giuliani. and we know that because rudy giuliani changed his crazy story a few hours later, telling "the washington post," mueller didn't say that. one of his, i have to check with jay. he's in israel right now. one of mueller's top people told him that. when rudy giuliani was making up that story about robert mueller, it seemed he was hoping to draw attention away from the release of the senate judiciary commit stee transcript...
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donald trump livid after robert mueller questions are handed to the new york times. what happens now? judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano ways in next. jillian: what is coming up on "fox and friends"? >> he looks great in that shot. later we will compare head shop throughout the show. the mueller probe, who leaked it? some say it is coming from the trump team to show how unfair these are and how they want to urge the president not to sit down with robert mueller who has a plan b if that happens. kanye west says i still like donald trump even though i'm not political. is this worth it? is this getting out of control? this great personal story, two female veterans who attempt to climb a mountain, the tallest peak in north america at 20,320 feet to raise funds for other injured vets and one could be the first ever female veteran amputee to reach the top. we will talk to the only on this show and i urge you when you watch the show to be careful. jillian: can't wait to watch it. the world is full of different hair. that's why pantene, the world's #1 conditioner brand
donald trump livid after robert mueller questions are handed to the new york times. what happens now? judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano ways in next. jillian: what is coming up on "fox and friends"? >> he looks great in that shot. later we will compare head shop throughout the show. the mueller probe, who leaked it? some say it is coming from the trump team to show how unfair these are and how they want to urge the president not to sit down with robert mueller who has a...
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if we're seeing questions that robert mueller is asking, robert mueller knows a whole lot more than our lawmakers do? >> that's correct. he has intercepts of what russians may have said about this meeting that congress does not have. but what we're going to see, transcripts from all of the participants in the meeting, including people, a representative the family, the oligarchs setting this up. and we're goes to hear rob goldstone statement. and paul manafort also sitting in on this meeting. so, we're hoping to learn more details about this meeting which a lot of people say looms large, at least in establishing the intent of the trump campaign in incriminating information about hillary clinton. >> i got to ask you, how does the white house feel about this transcript being released? >> you know, we have not heard from them but it can't be a great day for the white house anytime we're focusing on this kind of a subject. >> well, we don't know the answer to that yet, because we don't know what's in the transcript. ken, i know you'll bring that to us as soon as you see what's in it. >>> and
if we're seeing questions that robert mueller is asking, robert mueller knows a whole lot more than our lawmakers do? >> that's correct. he has intercepts of what russians may have said about this meeting that congress does not have. but what we're going to see, transcripts from all of the participants in the meeting, including people, a representative the family, the oligarchs setting this up. and we're goes to hear rob goldstone statement. and paul manafort also sitting in on this...
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exactly one year after it began, president trump lashes out at robert mueller's russian investigation as the special counsel reveals the full scope of his authority to a federal judge. >>> spy accusation. president trump tweets that the obama administration planted an fbi informant in his presidential campaign, calling the allegation, quote, bigger than watergate. and exposing cohen's cash. what motivated the leak of michael cohen's financial records. i talk to ronan farrow who broke the story. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> president trump trying to tempt kim jong-un to keep the summit meeting, the summit date with the north korean leader before it is cancelled. the president promising unspecified protections that he said would make kim jong-un feel very happy. we'll talk about that and more with congressman jim heinz. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to jeff zeleny who has the latest developments for us. jeff? >> reporter: wolf, good evening. there's no questio
exactly one year after it began, president trump lashes out at robert mueller's russian investigation as the special counsel reveals the full scope of his authority to a federal judge. >>> spy accusation. president trump tweets that the obama administration planted an fbi informant in his presidential campaign, calling the allegation, quote, bigger than watergate. and exposing cohen's cash. what motivated the leak of michael cohen's financial records. i talk to ronan farrow who broke...
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he's trying to paint robert mueller as a rogue prosecutor to target the president. the facts tell us something quite different. by the numbers we know that robert mueller has interviewed at least 40 people. that's what we know. it's probably a much higher number. 22 people and companies have been charged in the mueller investigation. he has 17 lawyers at least working for him, this is what we know from public documents, and has secured five guilty pleas in that one year on the job. let's take a look at facts we did not know a year ago. we didn't know that there was a june 2016 trump tower meeting. we didn't know george papadopolous knew the russians had clinton dirt. and we didn't know cohen asked the kremlin for project help during the campaign. and we know there was a fisa, meaning a warrant, on the trump campaign. we didn't know that a year ago. and we know that donald trump jr. was sending private twitter messages to wikileaks. we didn't know that during the campaign. the clinton/whitewater investigation ran seven years. the iran/contra had an investigation. it
he's trying to paint robert mueller as a rogue prosecutor to target the president. the facts tell us something quite different. by the numbers we know that robert mueller has interviewed at least 40 people. that's what we know. it's probably a much higher number. 22 people and companies have been charged in the mueller investigation. he has 17 lawyers at least working for him, this is what we know from public documents, and has secured five guilty pleas in that one year on the job. let's take a...
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robert mueller's investigation, which is the first anniversary trump actually remembered. just ask his wife, melanie. >> staten island's colin jost gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight the supervisor of the mueller effort, rod rosenstein, shows up at the white house after the president demands an investigation into his investigators. we've got the latest reporting from inside the west wing. >>> plus another trump tower meeting involving donald trump jr. and foreign nationals of interest to robert mueller. >>> and the president now wondering aloud how smart it is to sit down with kim jong-un. what it might mean for the summit which is supposed to be under three weeks away. "the 11th hour" on a monday night begins now. >>> on a monday night, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 487 of the trump administration, and the president made good on his demand that, quote, the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political pur
robert mueller's investigation, which is the first anniversary trump actually remembered. just ask his wife, melanie. >> staten island's colin jost gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight the supervisor of the mueller effort, rod rosenstein, shows up at the white house after the president demands an investigation into his investigators. we've got the latest reporting from inside the west wing. >>> plus another trump...
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mayor, robert mueller is a republican. that is a little red herring. i understand why you are talking about people who are democrats. >> who worked for obama and who hired democrats and very partisan democrats. i never would have done that. all my assistant u.s. attorneys -- >> robert mueller is the special counsel and he is in charge of this. are you saying that -- >> which is why we have pause because if i were looking at 13 down the middle people i would say fine. >> let's get back to the interview because that's the key question here. you mentioned the second topic, questions about obstruction. are you as the president's lawyer willing to allow him to sit down and answer questions about that, about firing james comey? >> all of that depends on how comfortable we are are them having an open mind and not having interpreted wrongly already. if we had an open mind we would recommend to the president. we are a little bit away from that. i thought we were closer last week when we talked because of the summit. the summit is i think going to happen now and
mayor, robert mueller is a republican. that is a little red herring. i understand why you are talking about people who are democrats. >> who worked for obama and who hired democrats and very partisan democrats. i never would have done that. all my assistant u.s. attorneys -- >> robert mueller is the special counsel and he is in charge of this. are you saying that -- >> which is why we have pause because if i were looking at 13 down the middle people i would say fine. >>...